Construction to begin on new Cedarhurst assisted living project in Jerseyville

Alex B. Heeb, aheeb@thetelegraph.com

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5:48 pm CST, Friday, December 1, 2017

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JERSEYVILLE — Construction is slated to begin on a new assisted care facility here, with apartments set to accommodate dozens of individuals.

The new facility, owned by Cedarhurst Living LLC, will be located on Sinclair Drive between Sinclair’s Foods and Walmart, Cedarhurst’s president Josh Stevens said. City officials recently rezoned the land to accommodate the facility, which will feature 70 living units.

“Cedarhurst of Jerseyville will be a combination assisted living and memory care community with 50 assisted living apartments and 20 memory care apartments,” Stevens said.

The assisted living apartments will cater to senior citizens who need assistance with acts of daily living, such as meal preparation, bathing, dressing, medication administration, transportation, etc. The memory care unit will provide assistance to those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

“We expect this community to have twenty-four/seven nursing and we require all of our caregivers to complete a rigorous training program through the Alzheimer’s Association before they begin caring for our residents,” Stevens said.

The facility has been a longtime in coming, he noted.

“Jerseyville has been on our radar for quite a while, as we have worked to build our presence in the Metro East,” Stevens explained. “Our vice president of development, Jordan Dorsey, is originally from Winchester, Illinois, and often visits Jerseyville because it is the middle ground between his home in Edwardsville and his parents in Winchester.

“However, Jerseyville became a top priority for us about a year ago when our in-house counsel, Brett Travers, a Jerseyville native and resident, joined our team. Between Jordan and Brett, we have been able to gain great insight into the Jerseyville market and what it will take for us to be successful there.”

Cedarhurst Living LLC, based in Clayton, Missouri, operates 14 facilities, with an additional four currently under construction. A Bethalto location is expected to open in the immediate future. The company has been been working for years to grow its brand in Illinois, Stevens said.

Over the past 10 years, Cedarhurst Living built its presence in the Metro East and in Southern Illinois with projects in Edwardsville, Shiloh, Collinsville, Sparta, Greenville and Centralia. Approximately one year ago, Cedarhurst Living opened in Jacksonville, with a building very similar to its proposed Jerseyville building.

Cedarhurst of Bethalto on N. Moreland Road is slated to open in the next few weeks.

“We felt that Jerseyville was a great bridge between our Bethalto location and our Jacksonville location,” Stevens said. “When we ‘dug in’ with our market studies, we found out that we were right.”